Chapter 76
Xavier knew very well what Rufus was up to.
Jacob was worried. Mr. Gates and Mr. Jones were colleagues, but Mr. Jones was upright and honest and never abused his power.
Many people said that the Jones Group's achievements today were all because of Mr. Jones, but Jacob knew that Xavier had done it on his own
He didn't get any benefit from Mr. Jones.
But the master of the Gates Family was different. Rufus was doing business, but also secretly did something illegal. With Mr. Gates protecting him, he was living a good life.
But they were afraid that they would be exposed one day, so they wanted to cooperate with the Jones Family. If things were exposed, the Jones Family had to seek help from them and the problem would be solved by their strengths.
Although Rufus had tried many tricks, Xavier still refused to go along with them in their evil deeds. This time, he was caught out and Rufus would definitely make the best use of his mistake.
Jacob wanted to persuade him, but Xavier didn't want to listen and hung up.
The next day, the thing that Marshal killed someone in a fight made the headlines.
For a moment, it provoked much discussion.
Xavier ignored this and went to work at the company as usual.
Jacob was very anxious.
Jacob felt like he was being a back-seat driver.
Everyone in the Harrison Family was anxious.
The whole family had been up all night because of Marshal, and they were panicked when they saw the news this morning.
Richard looked ten years older than the last time his family saw him. He really loved his son.
"Ask Harriet to beg Xavier!" Richard slammed the table.
"To beg him again? Because of this, their marriage was canceled.” “Don't Estella want Harriet to beg Xavier?’
She did. Marshal was also her child. How could she not be anxious?
But yesterday, seeing the attitude of the Jones Family, she knew that the Jones Family would not interfere in this matter.
Even if she wanted to save her son, she couldn't ask Xavier for help.
"Are you saying Harriet's marriage is more important than Marshals life?" Richard scolded coldly. Harriet didn't sleep much all night. She had just fallen asleep in the morning and was woken up by Richard's roar.
She was exhausted. When she heard Richard mention her marriage, she rushed down the stairs and shouted at Richard. "He's your son. But I'm also your daughter. He did this because you have spoiled him too much. My marriage is not important to you now just because of him. Why?" Estella quickly grabbed hold of Harriet's arms and comforted her. "You still have a chance to marry Xavier. Calm down."
Harriet couldn't calm down. "Mom, I see. It must be Arya. She was behind all these things. Otherwise, Xavier wouldn't have dumped me."
Suddenly, Harriet widened her eyes and stared at Estella in panic. "Did Xavier know what happened back then?"
"Harriet!" Estella snapped. "That was you back then!"
Harriet still didn't believe it. She couldn't accept that Xavier didn't want to her anymore.
She covered her face and cried. "I love him. I want to marry him. Mom, please help me.”
"I'll help you. Don't be afraid.” Although Estella said so, she was not confident. Estella didn't know how to help her. Marshal was in jail, but the Jones Family didn't want to help him.
It was all because of Arya
Because of her, Xavier ignored Harriet and even wanted to cancel the engagement.
The company was hers, and they had lost everything.
Estella was resentful. "Why didn't Arya die in prison?"
Their life would be perfect if she had died.
She must ruin Arya’s life.
So Harriet wouldn't have the chance to be with Xavier or live in this world.
She hugged Harriet who was panicked and crying and said with a grim expression. "Mom will definitely protect you. I will ruin Arya, and she will never be a threat to you."
The Harrison Family was filled with panic and fear.
But Arya was calm. Naturally, she knew what had happened to Marshal since it had made the headlines.
She just looked out of the window. “Is this retribution to them?"
Because the wound on her face hadn't healed yet, Orlando went to many businesses meetings in her stead.
Now that the company was on the right track, she was not so busy. But Sunny was a little depressed. Even though she hated Marshal, she had loved him deeply. Knowing that he was involved in such a thing, she didn't feel happy but a little troubled and melancholy.
Arya didn't want her to think about those unhappy things, so she took her out for dinner.
Sunny knew why Arya did this and did not refuse, so they went out.
Arya took her to a Chinese restaurant. Knowing that she liked spicy food, she ordered a few spicy dishes.
Coincidentally, Caspar also came here for dinner after talking to a client about a case.
Originally, Caspar had something to say to Arya, so he came to her. "After dinner, wait for me outside for a while. I have something to tell you."
Arya nodded.
After Caspar left, Sunny asked, "You know a lawyer?"
Arya shrugged. "We are just acquaintances. Not very close.”
"Okay, whatever." Sunny curled her upper lips.
Arya frowned. "Why do you curl your lip?"
"Arya, I know you've been hurt before, but you're also human. You have feelings. Why can't you try to love someone? Can you not think that all men are not good, even though I met a scumbag?" Sunny could tell that Arya hated romantic relationships.
But she was still so young that she wouldn't be alone for the rest of her life.
Before she went to prison, Arya had never been in a relationship or loved anyone.
After she was in jail, it was not easy to be alive. There were still so many wounds. She had no time to think about feelings and love. The purpose of her life was to bring justice for her mother and child. Maybe she did love someone.
Jasper had been by her side and taken care of her for three years. Maybe that was love.
"You are loving someone?" Looking at Arya's expression, Sunny was shocked and then smiled as if she had known it. "It's normal for you to fall in love with Xavier. He's so handsome and rich. He's the representative of the powerful people in W City, and he's nice to you..."
Arya frowned even more and put a piece of spicy chicken into her bowl. "Just eat.”
When was Xavier nice to her? He had forced and threatened her and he was possessive about her. 'Is this love?’
If that was so-called love, she didn't want it.
After dinner, Sunny knew that Arya had something to do and left.
Arya sat on the bench outside and waited for Caspar.
For a while, Caspar came out.
"Have you been waiting for a long time?" Caspar asked with a smile.
Arya shook her head. "No, I just came out.”
Caspar sat down next to her, thought for a moment, and asked, "You weren't the perpetrator of that car accident four years ago. Have you ever thought about clearing your name?”
Arya looked at him and remembered the last time he said he had evidence.
It could prove that the driver wasn't her.
But it didn't mean much to her now. She didn't care if her name was cleared or not.
She had been in prison and lost her child.
If she wanted to clear her name, she would have to relive this, which was painful.
"What do you want?" Arya was not a fool. He must want something from her for bringing this up. "You don't want to?" Caspar asked in an emphasized tone. He didn't understand at all.
"You didn't want to do anything to the culprit because he was being punished?" Caspar was happy when he thought of the fact that Marshal was involved in the murder case. He had killed his Arya four years ago but was unpunished. Now he finally got what he deserved.
If Arya didn't trust him before, then she totally trusted him now.
Except for the Harrison Family and her, no one knew that Marshal was the one who caused the car accident back then.
How did Caspar know this? Was it because that he really had the evidence?
Caspar nodded. "As long as you want, I can be your lawyer and reverse the case for you.”
Caspar wanted to help her because he wanted her to remember he was good to her.
So one day, when she knew the truth, she wouldn't blame him for hiding something from her.